Dewas Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India}} {{Other uses|Dewas (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Dewas | type = SLA | constituency_no = 171 | map_image = 171-Dewas.svg | mla = [[Gayatri Raje Pawar]] | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | preceded_by = [[Tukoji Rao Pawar]] | state = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | district = [[Dewas district|Dewas]] | loksabha_cons = [[Dewas Lok Sabha constituency|Dewas]] | established = 1957 | reservation = None }}

'''Dewas Assembly constituency''' is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in [[central India]].<ref name=eci1>{{cite web|url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/DACList.aspx|title=District/Assembly List|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website|access-date=December 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx|archive-date=December 1, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is a segment of [[Dewas Lok Sabha constituency|Dewas (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. Since 1990, the constituency has been continuously held by members of the Dewas (Senior) Royal Family, first [[Tukoji Rao Pawar]] and then his wife [[Gayatri Raje Pawar]] after his death.

==Members of Legislative Assembly== === Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly === {| class="wikitable" !Election !Name !colspan=2|Party |- | rowspan="2" | [[1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election|1952]] | [[Anant Sadashiv Patwardhan]] | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- |[[Bapulal Kishan]] |}

=== Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Member ! colspan="2" |Party |- | rowspan="2" |[[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]] |[[Bapulal Kishan]] | {{Full party name with color|rowspan=5|Indian National Congress}} |- |[[Anant Sadashiv Patwardhan]] |- |[[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]] |[[Bapulal Kishan]] |- |[[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]] |Hate Singh |- |[[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]] |Dhirajsingh Mohansingh |- |[[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]] |Shankar Kanungo |{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- |[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]] | rowspan="2" |Chandra Prabash Shekhar |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)|dab=y}} |- |[[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]] |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]] | rowspan="6" |[[Tukoji Rao Pawar]] | {{Full party name with color|rowspan=9|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]] |- |[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]] |- |[[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]] |- |[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]] |- |[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]] |- |2015^ | rowspan="3" |[[Gayatri Raje Pawar]] |- |[[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]] |- |[[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] |} ^ denotes bypoll

== Election results == === 2023 === {{Election box begin |title = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Dewas<ref name="election2023">{{Cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/mp-legislative-election-2023-statistical-report |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>

}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = [[Gayatri Raje Pawar]] |votes = {{formatnum:117422}} |percentage = 55.33 |change = +0.26 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Pradeep Choudhary |votes = {{formatnum:90466}} |percentage = 42.63 |change = +2.46 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:1422}} |percentage = 0.67 |change = -0.33 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:26956}} |percentage = 12.7 |change = -2.2 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:212211}} |percentage = 75.24 |change = -0.57 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2018 ===

In December 2018, one news outlet erroneously reported that sitting MLA Gayatri Devi had lost.<ref name="election2018">{{cite web |url=https://www.india.com/hindi-news/madhya-pradesh/assembly-election-results-2018-vidhan-sabha-chunav-news-updates-madhya-pradesh-election-bjp-candidate-gayatri-raje-loss-her-seat-yashodhara-raje-scindia-win-3474998/ |title=राजघराने की एक बहु जीती, दूसरी ने गंवाई सीट, निर्दलीय 'शेरा' से हार गईं बीजेपी सरकार की मंत्री - Assembly election results vidhan sabha chunav news updates madhya pradesh election bjp candidate gayatri raje loss her seat yashodhara raje scindia win |date=12 December 2018 |author=Zeeshan Akthar |access-date= 31 May 2021 |language=hi|trans-title=One daughter-in-law of the royal family won, the other lost the seat, BJP government minister lost to independent 'Shera'}}</ref> She was trailing for a long time but managed to turn the tide. {{Election box begin | title= [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Dewas<ref name=election2018 name="election2018-1">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9685-madhya-pradesh-legislative-election-2018-statistical-report/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=30 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="election2018"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[Gayatri Raje Pawar]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:103456}} |percentage = 55.07 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Thakur Jaysingh |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:75469}} |percentage = 40.17 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Dilip Bangar |votes = {{formatnum:2362}} |percentage = 1.26 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Shaikh Qutubuddin |votes = {{formatnum:1827}} |percentage = 0.97 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:1871}} |percentage = 1.0 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:27987}} |percentage = 14.9 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:187874}} |percentage = 75.81 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===1962=== * Bapulal (INC): 10,708 votes<ref name=elections1962>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html|website=elections.in|title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1962|access-date=2020-06-18}}</ref> * Nand Ram (Jana Sangh): 5,695

==See also== * [[Dewas]] * [[Dewas (Lok Sabha constituency)]]

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Dewas district]] [[Category:Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Politics of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]] [[Category:1957 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]